Gay couples seek court case that might reach the Supreme Court

(RNS) Despite two landmark Supreme Court decisions in June that vastly expanded same-sex marriage rights in states from Maine to California, gay and lesbian couples in 35 states remain outside the bonds of holy matrimony. For them, the battle is ongoing.

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daniwitz13

There is a slight disconnect here. These two couples have been together, one 25 and the other 30 years. One would think that they would be contented couples already. It seems that being together and loving together is NOT all they cherish. They could go to another State and Marry and have Marriage papers, but that again is NOT what they cherish as they claim. They could show their license for proof of wedlock Again, not what they want. Seems like being together is not what it’s about. Recognition is recognition, no? It has to be here and NOT there. That is the most important thing, right? Oh, I get it, its the BENEFITS that really count, well pardon me! And, don’t tell me that my 25 years together is not as good as yours. She could have said, Don’t tell me that after 25 years together we can’t make Children, how dare you!. Only males and Females can make Children, are you nuts, you bigoted homophile. This is like: She gets Married in her State, gets her license, but her Father does NOT recognize her Marriage and did not give her away and did not attend. She is Married in EVERYONE’S eyes and isn’t this the defining moment? No, not that she wants or needs his recognition, she wants BENEFITS like inheritance. What I’m driving at is that Loving and living together is NOT the most important thing as the Benefits. Basically, what others have. Pity

Larry

You would think a couple with children would be happy that only one parent is allowed to actually act like one? Or that one spouse can’t legally provide for the other in death or illness? Oh they are just selfish for wanting such things. To live life with a measure of sanity and dignity. That is just being selfish. After all, your bigotry is much more important.

Nobody should have to move to another state in order to carry on living like a family in a normal fashion. That is not what equal protection under the law means.

You lack the understanding of what marriage means. Marriage is ALWAYS about the tangible legal benefits. Marriage is a legal condition defined by the government. Benefits and obligations are hardwired into it. A marriage in the eyes of God is worthless unless recognized by the eyes of the state. (See the troubles of the FLDS for examples of that one).

Your procreation argument is ridiculous. Obviously gay couples have children. All you do is marginalize them and undermine the ability of their parents to raise them in a sane manner.

Its a pity you can’t recognize that living in a legally insane manner causes harm to others. That civil liberties are not a privilege, they are a right. Nobody should ever apologize or feel bad about demanding them.

Larry

Not at all. Your prior statement smelled of bigotry that we have heard in the past. I am just pointing out that there were people who used the same arguments as yourself who ended up on the bad side of history.

“We have never believed [black men] to be equal to the white man.”
-Senator Benjamin R. Tillman 1900
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/55/

Your are just illustrating that regardless of the subject, arguments from bigotry like your own, all sound alike.